NEW DELHI | September 9, 2026 — Delhi airport operator Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) has filed an FIR with the Delhi Police against 63 social media handles for allegedly circulating misleading and factually incorrect posts about waterlogging at Indira Gandhi International Airport, including an old video from Dubai airport presented as footage from Delhi.
DIAL said the posts falsely suggested that flooding had disrupted airport operations. According to the operator, temporary water accumulation occurred at the arrival forecourt of Terminal 3 on September 4 after heavy rainfall, but the situation was resolved within 20 minutes and airport operations were not affected.
“In one of these posts, an old video of waterlogging at Dubai airport was claimed to be a video of Delhi airport,” DIAL said in a statement, according to a report by PTI carried by The Times of India.
The airport operator said the circulation of the content appeared to be a deliberate attempt to create public mischief, damage the reputation of a public utility service and cause unwarranted concern among passengers. The FIR has been filed against the identified social media handles over the alleged dissemination of the posts.
Waterlogging did affect several locations around the airport during the period of heavy rain. The Dwarka underpass connecting Palam with the domestic terminal area was heavily flooded, briefly stranding a Delhi Transport Corporation bus, while other buses were diverted. Another underpass linking Mahipalpur, Mehrauli and Vasant Kunj was also affected.
The flooding around the airport had raised concerns about coordination among civic and infrastructure agencies because different stretches in the area fall under the jurisdiction of the Public Works Department, DIAL and the National Highways Authority of India. The airport operator runs IGI Airport, which handles more than 1,300 flight movements daily.
The FIR followed a review of waterlogging-related issues by Delhi Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu with the agencies concerned. The review called for greater coordination among departments as authorities addressed drainage and traffic-related problems around the airport ahead of the BRICS Summit.
